Foel-goch
Foel-goch is a mountain in Snowdonia, north-west Wales, and forms part of the Glyderau range, in Gwynedd. It lies in between Y Garn and Mynydd Perfedd.Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mynydd Perfedd and Elidir Fawr.
Mynydd Perfedd
Peak
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Mynydd Perfedd is a mountain in Snowdonia, Wales, forming part of the Glyderau. The summit has a shelter cairn, offering good views of Foel-goch's north-eastern face, and the Carneddau.
Elidir Fawr
Peak
Photo: SeraaronArt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elidir Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, north Wales, the northernmost peak in the Glyderau. Its name means 'Big Elidir', named after a legendary warrior king of the 6th century also known as Eliffer Gosgorddfawr.
Marchlyn Mawr
Reservoir
Photo: dave roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marchlyn Mawr reservoir is a high level lake in Snowdonia behind Elidir Fawr mountain. It is used as the high level water source for Dinorwig power station, a closed-loop pumped storage hydroelectric generating facility.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwm Idwal and Nant Peris.
Cwm Idwal
Locality
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cwm Idwal is a cirque in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern Snowdonia, the national park in the mountainous region of North Wales. Its main interest is to hill walkers and rock climbers, but it is also of interest to geologists and naturalists, given its combination of altitude, aspect and terrain.
Dinorwig
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dinorwig, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above Llyn Padarn, near Llanberis, in Wales. The name is shared with the fort of Dinas Dinorwig, also within the community of Llanddeiniolen, on a foothill 6 kilometres from Dinorwig village and 3 kilometres from the Menai Strait and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of Y Felinheli.
Foel-goch
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,726 feet
- Description: mountain (831m) in Gwynedd
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Llandygai, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.13035° or 53° 7′ 49″ northLongitude
-4.0511° or 4° 3′ 4″ westElevation
2,726 feet (831 metres)Open location code
9C5Q4WJX+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 333214381OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Foel-goch” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Foel-goch”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فويل جوتش”
- Irish: “Foel Goch”
- Ladin: “Foel-goch”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Foel-goch”
- Welsh: “Foel Goch”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Y Garn and Carnedd y Filiast.
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